Quote: Hi,

I had been using Media Studio Pro from it's first birth version 2 until its last, MSP Pro8, and I loved it!!

It was taken over by Corel and dumped so I went elsewhere yet still use MSP8 sometimes due to its simplicity and I know it so well.

I bought Magix and also Corel Video Plus and tried others.

I like what I read about PD10 however at times I need at least a 2 camera edit.

Can this do that? Maybe there is a work around for it.

Thanks

oz

You put each camera in its own track.

Powerdirector 10 has up to 100 tracks.
No work around needed, Powerdirector can edit 2 or more cameras at the same time.

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Hi ozstar

Welcome to the forum

Ynotfish has this excellent example of a two cam shoot

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/22647.page

Happy editing Happing editing

Best Regards

Neil
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Hi guys,

Thank you for that. That is a good link and he explains it well. I will give it a go as soon as I get the chance.

I have taken a look at PD10 and it is as they say, extremely easy to use for a basic edit and I guess once one set it up correctly, it would give virtually everything one would want in a semi-pro way.

I like how it does multi trim and some of the fx.

I could not find however how to get or make a solid black clip.

I occasionally do 15 and 30 sec TV clips so need really good quality. They require the clips in H264.

I shoot with a sturdy and reliable old Panasonic 3CCD NV-GS400 to miniDV up to this point in 4:3.

At this turning pointing of technology I suppose soon I have to move to a HD cam and shoot in 16:9.

Is there any setting in PD which will give me the best quality from either direct capture form the tape or from a best quality avi file.

I just need to know the settings in PD are the best i\I can get.

I really hope that PD and I get along.

Thanks for the help..

oz

BTW: PD has some very good video tutorials however many are for 8 and 9, would most of them still apply to 10?

Quote: Hi guys,

I could not find however how to get or make a solid black clip.

oz

Hi Oz

Colour boards can be found here:



Here are a couple of PowerDirector tutorials on Youtube from PDToots. They are using PD8 here but the basics are the same for PD10b]
[b]Part 1:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXG2jDTHyKw&feature=plcp&context=C470fb48VDvjVQa1PpcFPrUNuVkyYgvIcDWYBu17VlB1U7cqa1w7Q%3D[/youtube]

Part 2:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccSNU_Z7BRc&feature=plcp&context=C4464596VDvjVQa1PpcFPrUNuVkyYgvKYDMIbCBBqjSpOMUFAK0Lk%3D[/youtube]

I'm not sure about the camera settings but I do know that if you are going to upgrade to high definition cameras you may want additional computer CPU & GPU horse power.

Happy editing Happing editing

Best Regards

Neil
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PD12 Ultra v2930. Computer: HP Pavilion dv7, Intel, i7 2630 2.00 GHz, 8GB RAM, ATI Mob. Radeon HD 6770 2GB, Windows 7 Pre. 64
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